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Research Skills Workshop                                                                                                       

Welcome remarks

Manfred Van Dulmen, Ph.D., Senior Associate Provost & Dean, Graduate College, 麻豆果冻

Douglas L. Delahanty, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Economic Development, 麻豆果冻

Keynote Address

"Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces: Toward the Restoration of Communication and Mobility"

Leigh Hochberg, M.D., Ph.D.

L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Engineering and Professor of Brain Science at Brown University; Director of the Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery in the  Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital; Senior Lecturer on Neurology at Harvard Medical School; Director of the Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology in the Rehabilitation R&D Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Providence, RI.  

(Introduced by Dr. Mike Lehman)

Reception and Poster Session

Check-in and Breakfast

Welcome Remarks and Brain Health Research Institute Overview

Mike Lehman, Ph.D., Director, Brain Health Research Institute

Morning Session

"REconnecting the Hand and Arm to the Brain (ReHAB): Bi-directional neuroprostheses for sensorimotor functional restoration"

A. Bolu Ajiboye, Ph.D.

Elmer Lincoln Lindseth Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University School of Engineering; Biomedical Engineering Research Scientist, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Rehabilitation R&D Service, FES Center of Excellence

(Introduced by Dr. Lique Coolen)

"Letting the Brain Be the Engineer"

Dawn M. Taylor, Ph.D.

Associate Staff Member, Cleveland Clinic Department of Neurosciences; Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University Department of Biomedical Engineering; Research Scientist, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

(Introduced by Dr. Angela Ridgel)

Break

Brain-Machine Interfaces:  Perspectives from Technology Users and Therapists

Ian Burkhart

Vice President, North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium; Executive Director, Ian Burkhart Foundation

Olivia Coontz, 鈥�23

Master鈥檚 Candidate, Youngstown State University

Ray Goldsworthy, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Research Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Tim Lucas, M.D., Ph.D, MHCI

Neurosurgeon, The Ohio State University; Scientist, Battelle; Founder and CEO, NeuroTech Institute

(Moderated by Dr. Rachael Blasiman)

Break for Lunch

Afternoon Session

"Neural dynamics of skilled motor control and tools for large-scale neuroscience"

Eric M. Trautmann, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University

(Introduced by Dr. Mike Lehman)

Break

"Touch Interaction and Feedback Technology Revolutionizing Motor Skill Training"   

Kwangtaek Kim, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Director of Immersive Computing For Touch Lab, Department of Computer Science, 麻豆果冻

(Introduced by Dr. Angela Ridgel)

Brain-Machine Interfaces:  Corporate Perspectives

Rob Franklin, Ph.D.

Vice President, Brain Computer Interfaces, Blackrock NeuroTech

Tim Lucas, M.D., Ph.D, MHCI

Neurosurgeon, The Ohio State University; Scientist, Battelle; Founder and CEO, NeuroTech Institute

Doug Weber, Ph.D.

Akhtar and Bhutta Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Neuroscience, Carnegie Mellon University

(Moderated by Dr. Dawn Taylor)

Poster awards, wrap up and farewell

Mike Lehman, Ph.D., Director, Brain Health Research Institute